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Future research / gaps identified: Continue conducting studies on the sociocultural influences on immigrants’ oral health to better understand its complexities and potential areas of intervention. Open access: Yes Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: 1st generation immigrant parents Key fin...
Future research / gaps identified: not stated Key findings: 1) Football (soccer) as a common habitus between home and Canada. 2) Gender norms, roles and gendered football experiences while playing on a co-ed team in Edmonton. 3) Football league’s intentions of having a minimum amount of female players on the fi...
Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) Around 50% of employment service providers acknowledged that visible minority immigrants face barriers while integrating into the labour market, including racial microaggressions in their jobs. 2) Programs tailored to the needs of raci...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: 1) The program aims to educate and train key members from ethnocultural communities into ‘animators’ who can act as community leaders and liaisons. 2) Key inputs fall into 5 categories: human resources, material resources, funding, time and community pa...
Key populations: LGBTQ refugees who now live in Alberta Key recommendations: Not stated Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: not stated Integration timeline: Not defined Key findings: 1) Alberta has deep affordability challenges for housing, as well as shortages and shortcomings wit...
Key populations: Syrian refugees who now live in Edmonton, AB Key recommendations: Assess current interventions that target the needs identified in this study, and create new initiatives to better respond to these needs. Community organizations: Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative Future research / gaps iden...
Future research / gaps identified: Ideas under consideration to include in the Year 3 report included the private sponsorship system, migrants with precarious status and building upon policy implications and actions from Year 1 and Year 2 reports. Integration timeline: not defined Location: Edmonton, AB Community...
Community organizations: Multicultural Health Brokers (MCHB) Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key populations: Syrian refugee families who now live in Edmonton, AB Open access: No Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: The Syrian refugee families have been living through various forms of tran...
Community organizations: Wild Mountain Immigration Location: Calgary & Edmonton, AB Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: Based on personal needs and preferences, factors to consider may include: 1) Calgary is home to many different industries and has a stro...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: Key populations: newcomers who now live in Edmonton, AB Community organizations: Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN) Key recommendations: Expand services to meet the changing needs of newcomers and refugee...
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